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| Byron Bay Lighthouse |
We left Bob and Barbara (reluctantly) after 10 days and headed to our next adventure on the coast; Byron Bay. We booked a four bed dorm and shared it with a couple from the UK who were on holiday themselves from Melbourne. Byron Bay is your typical coastal town with bars, clubs and of course a beautiful Beach. We had only two nights in Byron therefore had limited time , we decided to go on a coastal walk to the Lighthouse which was about a 6km walk in the heat up to it. When we arrived at the top we were told that we were currently on the most Easterly point in Australia. The walk was beautiful but very hot ( haven't I already mentioned that?). We headed back to the hostel and had dinner then decided to go out with the couple from the UK, we had pre- drinks outside our room then headed to the bar across the road. The bar had a trivia night and of course I (Georgia) won several free champagnes because I am obviously a very clever person haha. Well other than go to the beach, go on a few coastal walks there wasn't much else to do in Byron. So we booked our next coach and headed to Surfers Paradise.
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| Byron Bay Beach |
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| Warning to watch out for the snakes |
Surfers Paradise is like Florida in America essentially. You have several clothes outlets, plenty of bars, amusements and of course another beautiful beach. The first night the hostel had a mini van taking everyone to the clubs adamant we wasn't going out that night, we obviously stayed in our luxury dorm with no air-con and got an early night, okay maybe I'm lying. We met two Irish Girls and spent the night in a club that had the bar maids dressed up in Ann Summers underwear , with cheap drinks and good music. We had a good evening and it was one of the best nights out in Aus with have had so far. After being in the middle of nowhere for 10 days it was only right that we let our hair down before we had to find a job in Brisbane.
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| Most Easterly Point in Australia |
We booked our coach to Brisbane where we had to stay and find a job otherwise our dollar would have run out and we would have been coming home. We booked a week in a hostel not too far from the centre, our first impressions weren't so great of Brisbane because we got off the coach and it looked like Birmingham. Nonetheless we decided not to be too fussy and head to our room. On arrival they booked us into a 16 bed dorm by mistake.I Was adamant that I was never staying in a place that had that many people per room like The lovely Coogee beach in Sydney. After all the hassle we eventually got put in a 6 bed dorm. In the room with us,was a boy from the UK and three German boys. The room itself was okay until you got to know the boy from The UK; Gaz.
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| First week in Brisbane |
Well what can I say he was the type of person who you wouldn't want to be friends with. He was loud, noisy always drunk and just a idiot if I'm honest ( Sorry). Anyways the hostel was okay and big enough with a big enough Kitchen for me to cook in. although it was always busy so you had to get in there by a certain time otherwise James was going hungry! One of the first nights in Brisbane a storm started, the sky literally felt like it had just cracked open, the thunder was like no other I had seen before. It was actually quite scary so we run into the room for shelter haha. We had a few nights out in Brisbane while we were job hunting and found a good bar called 'Down Under ' (original) and decided by this time that we were happy with our choice to stay here and look for a job. Everyday we were getting up searching for jobs on Gumtree, and looking for places to rent in Brisbane. After looking for 5 days searching for literally 6 hours a day, I found a job first on the Thursday and started the following Monday. I didn't have to search for very long and was feeling grateful that I didn't have to do farm work! The place I found a job in was called MYO, and I was employed as the breakfast/lunch chef . I got Tuesdays off work , so only worked 4 days a week which was good for me haha ( more time off in the sun). James also managed to secure his dream temporary job working at the Cricket selling headsets to people. This was the beginning of our adventure in Brisbane, the place we have loved and called home for the past 9 months.
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